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Nothing in Greater London area yet...It's on its way by all accounts!

Thanks for the results Pat! I really wish I was there! I would loved to have run my pup but just couldn't get out of the Christening. Will definitely be there at the next meet!!!!!!1

Is six weeks not a little young to be taking the pup from its mother? I don't claim to be an expert but six weeks seems a little young to me!

January 2009 4 pups born from Streisand x Billie the Kid mating. All trialling well. Thurrock based.

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Valerie, That's the point I thought I had made. that is, it appears to be more a numbers game. More people may choose to race bitches not because they are necessarily faster but because for a number of reasons (be they domestic or personal) but with greyhounds these reasons don't apply either...

Thanks for that Wild Whippies! I will definitely get him on the rag soon. But as for getting your dogs to behave themselves and not nobble each other when they are tearing around 100 metres away for me sounds like hard work :)

Hi Steve, I'm a newbie to this game too and what I can say in my own limited experience is that I am still not convinced that pound for pound bitches are any faster than dogs. I had followed greyhound racing for a number of years and there was no suggestion that bitches were any faster than...

Thanks for the advice Ditto, DI and Friggsy! I had no idea that at 6 and ahalf months I should have started to get him chasing a rag. Perhaps I should really have started a couple of weeks ago. As I say i was going to start him when i got back from holiday but I suppose it won't hurt to see...

Thanks for that Friggsy! I have no doubt that he will chase a rag but I was really thinking about allowing him to run free with other dogs when exercising him out on our daily walks and whether this will affect his behaviour once he starts racing. I was planning on starting him behind a rag...

Hi there! I'm asking for a bit of advice again! My pup is now six and ahalf months old and is rapidly reaching the day when he can start his race training. I have always been fairly liberal and allowed him to run around with other friendly dogs in the local park. None of these dogs are...

Not quite there yet. I'm waiting to start when we return from holiday. I have some concerns which I will raise in a separate post soon. Thanks for asking!

I was so sorry to learn about what happened to the dogs Di. I know they are not out of the wood yet but with fingers crossed we can hope you are past the worst. Please keep us all posted on their progress. Best regards.

There has been a recent spate of such incidents,with some resulting in death. I will be holidaying in the UK this year and we will be taking our dog with us so I have been paying close attention to these reports. The general consensus seems to be that death or serious injury to the person may...

What an absolutely gorgeous place! It must be like heaven when the weather is like it is now! We had an Easter break in the New Forest and I was based in a place called Ringwood for a week. Fordingbridge was signposted from virtually every roundabout. That area generally is very pretty so I'm...

Wow! Just read this Steve! You must be very pleased with him. I hope he does well for you! Best wishes. Charles

I learned from the greyhound world that it is important that growth plates should be allowed to fully form before a pup is put through the stresses of hard racing. The problem for me though is being able to tell when this has actually taken place as I guess it will vary from pup to pup. Do you...

Thanks Sadie. this is extremely helpful. I don't think my dog is going to be a heavyweight. I have been told he is likely to make about 22-25lbs. I cannot really tell as I don't have the benefit of experience to go by. So if he is likely to be around that size then perhaps I should be looking...

Thanks for this John! My dog is whippet x whippet. When do you start with the 20 yard handslips? At what age? Friggsy, your pup is 7 months old and had is it two handslips? Again, when was the first handslip? As for these handslips are they on the straight or do you do the first ones on a...

Hello again! More advice required please! I suspect that this is really a matter of personal preference and that there is probably no right or wrong answer but it would be nice to know of any general practices.I am a beginner so I have no personal experience. My pup is 15 weeks today and I...